It was so quiet...

"As I listened to the breeze…

I could hear kites flutter

A busy bee buzz

A leaky tap drip

And my wrist-watch tick.

I heard the postman arrive

Terrence growl

Otto play forte

And Florence wake up.

Then Jill started singing

Peter began whistling

Old Thomas lay snoring

And Bill huffed and puffed.

But elephants stampeding?

A steam train accelerating?

A loose cannon firing?

And a volcano exploding?

I must have been dreaming! “

(em "It was so quiet I could hear a pin drop", Andy Goodman, 2008)